Posted on 01/13/2017 10:05:06 PM PST by nickcarraway
This was a thing in Switzerland. Families died every year. In every canton there was an office to visit with your foraged mushrooms to have them checked before you ate them. There was no excuse. But people are so stupid-proud they didn’t go.
I’m shocked that so many of these people [are they US citizens?] are immediately sent to the top of the list of liver transplants!
Even Steve Jobs had to move to get a liver.
Do we give them out?
Is reading from a Teleprompter a useful skill in the
When I was a teen I made some money babysitting. A couple of the kids I babysat at some wild mushrooms and had to make a trip to the hospital. Fortunately they did it on their parents’ time.
I don’t know what their treatment was or how sick they got but they survived to adulthood.
Needless to say I am in no hurry to sample the mushrooms in my yard.
Some mushrooms are notsofungi as others.
And THAT’S why I get my ‘shrooms at the store...
Courtesy ping.
China "harvests" livers from executed criminals - the U.S. doesn't. Hence: Transplantation Tourism.
Regards,
I was once thinking of taking up mushroom gathering, but after some research realized that I’d never be able to tell the good from the bad without a lifetime of study. As the old saying goes: There are old mushroom hunters, and there are bold mushroom hunters, but there are no old, bold mushroom hunters.
Don’t eat the Amanitas.
The active ingredient in Milk Thistle is called silymarin, and its effects on the liver have been known for several decades. Silibinin, also known as silybin, is the major active constituent of silymarin.
It limits the uptake of deadly toxins by the liver, so it is not overwhelmed. It also has a protective effects against toxins as well. Last but not least, it speeds healing of liver damage around 30% faster than normal. It has been described as “the perfect liver medicine”.
Both milk thistle and silymarin have been sold OTC for decades. Unless you already have some liver damage (always ask doctor), the purpose of taking silymarin is prophylactic, preventative, prior to eating wild mushrooms or exposure to other known liver damaging chemicals.
Here’s the science about cirrhosis and liver cancer.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21466434
http://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/09/16/French-finds-antidote-to-mushroom-poisoning/8295369460800/
http://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/07/garden/perils-of-mushroom-hunting-in-germany.html
With considerable ceremony, Dr. Bastien ate 70 grams of the mushrooms in Geneva last week and then said he would survive without monkeys or transfusions. His antidote was nifuroxazid acid and neomycine, two drugs obtainable in France without a prescription. After a few days in a hotel bed and some nausea, Dr. Bastien got up and drove home.
Every spring, late summer, and fall, I hunt mushrooms in France. There are delicious ones that cannot be mistaken for the toxic ones. I search for about seven or eight specific ones. Everything else iignore although there are some that are edible and other people like but i find not to my taste. A true woodsman taught me about the good mushrooms and I have always followed his advice. It is true that in France one may take mushrooms to the pharmacy to be verified if in doubt. They are most helpful.
You’re absolutely correct. Unfortunately, they are often shown in children’s stories about elves as the favorite chair of a fairy or elf.
 |
CЯUZIO |
| Send FReepmail if you want on/off the SANTA CЯUZ COUNTY CA ping list | |
 |
|
| This is why we can't have nice things | |
| The List of Ping Lists | |
How are the beautiful people in the article, listed as Mexican-Indians, the beautiful people?
Even Steve Jobs could not get a liver. He had to establish residency in another state whose laws were different.
Why would we bump Mexican-Indians in this country?
For anyone interested, the Santa Cruz Fungi Fair is today. Fungus for the whole family!
Thank you. See Above.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.